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Read more about the article IBON: Claim on low poverty estimates no indication of improved poverty situation in PH
This mother does everything from handling a child, cleaning the house and cooking the food in a charcoal stove in her house along Boulevard Street. Poverty and housing is still a concern in this city. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

IBON: Claim on low poverty estimates no indication of improved poverty situation in PH

Lower poverty estimates “do not necessarily mean” that the poverty situation in the country is improving, the research group Ibon Foundation said on Wednesday.

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Read more about the article Cooperation with Asean members needed for PH to resolve sea row with China
Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate (right) thinks that the Philippines must use the alliance it has with other Southeast Asian countries to stop Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea during a press conference on Tuesday, April 9. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Cooperation with Asean members needed for PH to resolve sea row with China

The country must assert its own claim to ownership of the contested territory in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) but it has to seek the help of other nations in the region so it could have a bigger voice against the aggressive actions of an Asian superpower, a militant lawmaker said Tuesday.

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Read more about the article Ombudsman clears 2 Mis. Or. officials on nepotism, graft charges
Misamis Oriental provincial board member President Elipe (left) tells reporters during a press conference on Monday, April 8, that he and Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano (right) were vindicated when the Office of the Ombudsman dismissed the nepotism and other charges filed against them. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Ombudsman clears 2 Mis. Or. officials on nepotism, graft charges

Vindicated was how two Misamis Oriental provincial government officials described the decision of the Office of the Ombudsman who recently dismissed the nepotism case and several graft cases against them.

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Read more about the article Davao City gov’t allots P69.3-M for 2019 National Games
Instead of using running shoes, these athletes prefer to use their bare feet during the Palarong Pambansa 2015 in Tagum City, Davao del Norte. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Davao City gov’t allots P69.3-M for 2019 National Games

The city government of Davao has allotted PHP69.3 million as its counterpart to fund the conduct of the Palarong Pambansa 2019.

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Read more about the article DSWD-XI: Revalidated list of social pensioners out by June
Senior citizens queue to avail free flu vaccines inside the new health center building beside Sasa Barangay Hall in Davao City. Free medicine beneficiaries arrive as early as 8:00 am on Friday. Vaccination begins at almost 11:00 am.(Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

DSWD-XI: Revalidated list of social pensioners out by June

The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Davao Region (DSWD-XI) is eyeing to complete by June this year the cleaning of the list of social pensioners under its program Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior Citizens (SPISC).

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